| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the obsession with dancing in the Renaissance with Margret McGowan. 00:45The sound of bells from Selby Abbey in Yorkshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5On the flight to Mexico, a businessman gives Hugh the idea that will inspire his journey. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5After having his car impounded, Hugh is offered an unusual way out of his predicament. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The Oldsmobile is involved in an accident and Hugh's whole journey is put in jeopardy. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5An extraordinary piece of luck lands Hugh a job looking after a luxurious golf club. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Hugh discovers that the market in Belize for big American cars is not as he had expected. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5By Pauline McLynn. A woman shows the most incredible capacity to look on the bright side.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. 05:45Tom Symonds presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Bartholomew's in Sutton cum Lound, Nottinghamshire. 05:45Stephen Sackur profiles John McFall, chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Sarah Montague, Edward Stourton. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Matt Baker travels to Essex to see the vast area the RSPB is turning into a nature reserve 06:30News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the link between mysticism and resistance. 06:35Lionel Kelleway travels to the Falkland Islands in search of the mollymawk. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Steve Mannion appeals on behalf of Christian Blind Mission. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Professor Simon Conway-Morris reflects on the compatibility of faith and science. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Harold Evans.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr's guests include Kenan Malik and Tariq Modood. 09:45Christian worship and music with Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland explores the creation of the Bank of England in 1694. 09:303/4Ruth Padel assesses the impact of loss on her great-great-grandfather. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Destruction of Carthage 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Michael Ford.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is actor David Suchet. 09:45An act of worship and music, led by the Right Rev Stephen Oliver.
| 09:00Richard Coles is joined by crime writer Dennis Lehane. With poetry from Susan Richardson.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Are you sick of being single? Tips for the long-term or newly single woman.
| 10:00Is bullying a necessary part of growing up? Plus, violinist and singer Alison Krauss.
| 10:00Comedy writer Sharon Horgan on her unromantic view of female friendship.
| 10:00Annette Gordon-Reed on the slave who became Thomas Jefferson's mistress.
| 10:00What needs to be done to safeguard the rights of women in Iraq?
| 10:00American novelist Poe Ballantine shares his thirty years of road trips across America. 10:303/4The controversial 2006 Oscar winner exploring tensions within LA society.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dr Robert Beckford examines the popularity of religion on the internet. 11:301/5Charles attracts the attention of an elegant gentleman, Frederick Altamont.
| 11:00The story of the director of Berlin Zoo who attempted to resurrect extinct animal species. 11:30Roger Daltrey explores the turbulent relationship between Buddy Holly and his manager.
| 11:00Sara Parker reports from the wealthy borough of Clapham. 11:306/6To further his career as a top celebrity, Arthur tries to make a documentary about himself
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30The late Sir John Mortimer, in conversation with Mark Lawson.(R)
| 11:00The UK's first 'Sarah Party', inspired by two US women who wanted to celebrate the name. 11:301/6Caught verbally abusing a client, a senior manager faces his HR officer.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is geneticist Professor Dame Kay Davies.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Julian Worricker. Should employers be legally obliged to give compassionate leave? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. Why are UK scrap yards struggling. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Winifred Robinson. Could charities end up with less lottery money in the future? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Peter White. Including an interview with TV chef Anthony Worrall Thompson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:306/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Dave Gorman, Andy Hamilton and Francis Wheen. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:047/12Nicholas Parsons chairs. With Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck and Gyles Brandreth. 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates the production of British farmhouse cheeses. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Catherine Bennett, Michael Dobbs, Sir Antony Jay and John Lahr.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:302/4How Gustav Mahler's marital problems led to a consultation with Freud.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Miriam O'Reilly investigates whether a crash in prices has made recycling a waste of time.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Coverage of the first day of the Second Test between West Indies and England in Antigua.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Richmond, North Yorkshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:303/3Hither and thither were cliches, from 725.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15The friendship between the writer and illustrator Edward Lear and his Greek manservant.
| 14:153/4'The Princess of the Occult' is an Edinburgh sell-out, but McLevy wonders if she's a fake.
| 14:15A respectable Parisian leaves his wife and business for a new life on the Cote d'Azur.
| 14:15By John Mortimer. Rumpole leaves London to defend a case in the Home Counties.(R)
| | 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Can a young country girl lead an army?
| 14:00Coverage of the first day of the Third Test between West Indies and England in Antigua.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Reflections on the fatwa that was issued against Salman Rushdie in 1989. 15:4546/90How politics took hold of the cities, for good and for ill.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/3Mark Williams reads some pithy, comic anecdotes from a German almanac. 15:4547/90How Theodore Roosevelt came to power and his battle to bring big business to heel.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on mortgage issues. 15:302/3A doctor suggests a surprisingly effective cure. 15:4548/90America's expansion into Cuba and the Philippines and the impact it had at home.
| 15:02Helen Mark finds out why some Isle of Portland locals want quarrying to stop. 15:27John Hegley appeals on behalf of Housing Justice. 15:303/3A soldier is married on sentry duty, and Dr Rapunzius sells some amazing toothache pills. 15:4549/90How the West was finally settled and then turned into a myth by the American people.
| | 15:302/4How Gustav Mahler's marital problems led to a consultation with Freud.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Revisiting two audio food diaries recorded in the north and south poles in 2002.(R) 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.
| 16:00What happens when human rights collide, and when and where you can take a photo in public. 16:30Victoria Derbyshire and Vikas Swarup join Kate Mosse to discuss some favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores how the context in which drugs are consumed alters their effect. 16:30Dr Mark Porter reports on the ovary: from fertility to screening trials for ovarian cancer
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Kate Grenville. 16:30Quentin Cooper finds out if humans can sense pheromones.
| | 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis is joined by Clara Gaymard, Ayman Asfari and Tony Mascolo. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/12Nicholas Parsons chairs. With Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck and Gyles Brandreth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Featuring correspondents Daniel Maier, Richie Webb and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Marcus Brigstocke tries to tempt Arthur Smith to ventures new.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6A mishap when babysitting his grandson causes concern with the grump's family.(R)
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With John Wilson. Andew Collins reflects on portrayals of the artist/agent relationship. 19:451/5A celebrated writer leaves clues in his final novel implying that his wife was murdered.
| 19:15Benicio Del Toro talks about the difficulty of funding a film about a communist hero. 19:452/5DCI Kate Duncan investigates the clues in the posthumously-published A Guilty Death.
| 19:15John Wilson reviews Notorious, a new film about the life of rapper Biggie Smalls. 19:453/5The investigation begins to bear fruit.
| 19:15John Wilson reports from the opening night of the new comic play England People Very Nice. 19:454/5A recluse admits to publishing under the pseudonym RP Beckford-Jones.
| | 19:00Stephen Sackur profiles John McFall, chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review Morrissey's new album, Years of Refusal.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Following the fortunes of former Woolworths employee Steve as he tries to find a new job. 20:30Evan Davis and his business guests talk about government intervention.
| 20:00The role played by Egypt and its President Hosni Mubarak in the Gaza crisis. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00With Kenan Malik, Claire Fox, Michael Portillo and Melanie Phillips. 20:451/2Allan Little describes a terrifying encounter with mujahideen volunteers in Bosnia.
| 20:00Could an atrocity on the scale of the Harold Shipman case happen again?(R) 20:30Peter Day hears about the influence of religion on business.
| | 20:00Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Miriam O'Reilly investigates whether a crash in prices has made recycling a waste of time. 21:30Andrew Marr's guests include Kenan Malik and Tariq Modood.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter reports on the ovary: from fertility to screening trials for ovarian cancer 21:30Jonathan Freedland explores the creation of the Bank of England in 1694.
| 21:001/3Bear guide Derek Stonorov believes grizzly bears are not as fearsome as many people think. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00The difficulties of assessing drug damage to the brain. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Destruction of Carthage
| 21:0210/18How America reformed its city politics and tried to bring big business to heel.
| 21:002/2The Stitch has a plan to end the siege of Antioch.
| 21:00Dutch politician Geert Wilders discusses why he made a provocative anti-Islamic film.(R) 21:26Steve Mannion appeals on behalf of Christian Blind Mission. 21:30Peter Day hears about the influence of religion on business. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Jennet Mallow, born in 1924 in a Yorkshire vicarage, begins to find her vocation.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:452/10David Heaton enters Jennet's life. Will an affair with another painter foster her talent?
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. 22:453/10A shotgun marriage to David Heaton has not brought the happiness that Jennet sought.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:454/10Jennet has blossomed in Spain, but her happiness is marred by David's depression.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:455/10Returning to England with little money, Jennet realises that the future lies in her hands.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15With Kenan Malik, Claire Fox, Michael Portillo and Melanie Phillips.
| 22:00With Carolyn Quinn, Including the second part of 'I Was Put on Trial by al-Qaeda'.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Actor Richard Briers chooses some of his favourite performance pieces.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:003/4A trainee surgeon follows a destructive path after he is haunted by a fatal car crash. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/4A manic anger management facilitator tackles road rage. 23:154/4Series of bittersweet comic monologues, performed by Tom Allen. 23:30News, views and features on the stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:006/6Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Victoria Derbyshire and Vikas Swarup join Kate Mosse to discuss some favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Catherine Bennett, Michael Dobbs, Sir Antony Jay and John Lahr. 23:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests for poems on the subject of love.
| 23:02Francine Stock talks to Bruce Robinson as he prepares to make his first movie for 17 years 23:30Mark Tully considers the link between mysticism and resistance.
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